Packing-box



(No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

S. T. JENKINS & T. J. MOG'UIRE.

PACKING BOX.

No. 358,225. Patented Nov. 23. 1886.

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S. T. JENKINS PACK 2 Sheets 85 MOG'UIRE.

No. 353,225. Patented Nov.-23, 1886,.

FIGJII- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMEON T. JENKINS AND THOMAS J. MCGUIRE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. v

PACKING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,225, dated November23, 1886.

Application filed May 10, 1886. Serial No. 201,720. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, SIMEoN T. JENKINS and THOMAS J. MCGUIRE, both ofBaltimore, Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement inPacking-Boxes or Carriers for Transporting Ripe Fruit, which improvementis fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention relates to the construction of ripe-fruit carriers orpacking-boxes; and it consists of certain improvements upon the box orcase described in patent of S. T. Jenkins, No. 818,937, dated May 26,1885. As described in said patent, the box consists of a series of cellsformed by intersecting and interlocking partitions of pasteboard,strawboard, or like material, notched on both edges at the points ofintersection, and a surrounding case formed of a sheet of similarmaterial perforated at points coincidentwith the notches on the strips,whereby each cell is provided with an air-opening at each corner.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofsuch boxes or carriers with a view to increasing the ventilation andinsuring a greater supply and more uniform distribution of air. To thisend the partitions, instead of being notched at the points ofintersection, retain their full width at those points, and have theirtop and bottom edges cut away or provided with long narrow openingsbetween the intersecting points. These openings may be formed on one ormore, but

preferably are formed on all four, sides of each cell, both above andbelow.

The top and bottom of the box, instead of having holes correspondingwith the points of intersection of the partition-strips, are providedwith oblong openings or slots between these points and correspondingwith the openings in the partitions. These openings in the top andbottom may run in one direction only; but preferably the sheet iscutwith two sets of slots running at right angles to each other, andcorresponding with both sets of partitionstrips.

1n the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure I is a perspective view of a carrier or box constructed inaccordance with the invention, part of the top and of two of the sidesbeing broken away. Fig. II is a detail of a partition-strip having eachcell.

openings of a different shape from those shown ing the top or bottom,and showing one way inwhich the openings may be formed; and Fig. IV is aperspective view of a series of cells, illustrating another mode ofconstruction.

The interior of the bozg or the series of cells, is formed byintersecting strips a, interlocked by means of cross-cuts b, in theordinary way. The edges of the strips are cut away between the points ofintersection, so that when assembled, as in Fig. I, air-openings c areformed extending nearly from one corner to the other of each cell. Theseopenings 0 may have a straight edge, as in Fig. I, or a curved edge, asin Fig. II, and they may be formed on one or more, but preferably areformed on all four, sides of each cell, both at top and bottom.

The sheets A, forming the horizontal partitions and sides, areperforated to correspond with the vertical strips. As shown in Fig. I,the sheet A has a number of rectangular slots or openings, d, formingtwo sets of parallel lines, oneset being at right angles to the other.The openings d are so disposed that when the sheet A is in place therewill be one opening d corresponding with each wall of each cell, whilethe corners of the cells, or the projecting parts of the vertical stripsa,will be in contact with the solid parts e of the sheets A, between theends of the perforations or slots d. As in the case of the verticalstrips, the shape of the openings at is not important. They may havestraight edges, as in Fig. I, or curved edges, as in Figvlll, and, asshown in the latter figure, they may run in one direction only acrossthe sheet.

One mode in which, the series of cells may be formed is illustrated inFig. IV. As there shown, the strips a, running in one direction, arewider than the cross-strips a, so that a space is left above and belowthe strips a in This construction is advantageous in that it obviatesthe necessity of perforating or cutting out the sheets from which theparend flaps, f, on opposite ends of the top piece are folded down alonga line of perforations to close two of the sides, while the ends of thebottom are folded up to close the other two sides.

As will be readily understood by the construction herein described andshown, air is admitted to each cell in a broad stream, and more directlyin contact with the fruit contained therein, and is distributed anddiffused laterally with greater uniformity than in the boxes asheretofore made.

We claim 1. In a knockdown fruitcarrier, the combination of theinterlocking strips, cut away or provided with openings on the edgesbetween the points of intersection, and the horizontal partitions havingcorresponding perforations,

substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the series of cells formed by interlockingstrips, each cell being provided on every side, both above and below,

with openings between the corners; of the horizontal sheets havingopenings coinciding with those in the vertical strips, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination of the horizontal sheets or partitions, having oblongopenings forming two sets of parallel lines running at right angles witheach other, and the interlocking strips forming a series of cellsprovided with openings orair-passages communicating with those of thehorizontal sheets, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

S. T. JENKINS. T. J. MCGUIRE.

\Vitnesses:

PHILIP MAURO, ,J O. J. HEDRIoKQ

